Abstract

The goal of this study is to study the effect of social responsibility on financial performance of automotive companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. For this purpose, 30 managers and accountants companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange were selected by using simple random sampling and responded to the researcher made questionnaire. Then, the collected data from these questionnaires were analyzed by using bivariate linear regression test and the results indicated that the components of social responsibility including legal, economical, moral and humanitarian responsibilities have positive and significant effect (p<0.01) on financial performance of listed automotive companies in Tehran Stock Exchange.

Keywords:

Automotive companies, financial performance, social responsibility, stock exchange,

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